Daily Links May 28

Ah yes, this is repeating what has oft’ been said, but how many senior bureaucrats and tourism executives have been yoyoing between their big corporations and the upper echelons of the public sector? The fossil fuel industry has many well-placed shills to ensure that coal keeps the upper hand and they have the pollies to do their bidding.

Spain’s acting government has called on the European Union to assess a potential carbon tax on power imports to protect the bloc’s interests and help it to pursue its environmental targets amid growing public concern over climate change.

The establishment of compulsory superannuation in Australia means every single worker in this country is effectively an investor. But what if, without realising it, you are giving money to things you have major moral objections to?

Take a drive out of Dubbo and don’t let the green tinge highlighting the neighbouring paddocks fool you. We’re sitting at 40 per cent below our average rainfall for the year as we head into our second consecutive tough winter.

Byron Shire Council has awarded the contract for the construction of the Byron Bay bypass. The decision to award a $14 million contract for the project to Hazell Bros was made at the May Council meeting

Andrew and Nicola Forrest have revealed they were behind an anonymous multi-million dollar pledge, in a bid to raise awareness of a project aiming to restore the country’s most threatened marine ecosystems in Western Australia.